Bountiful, Colorado

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Bountiful, Colorado
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Bountiful (Colorado)
Coordinates: 37°13′45″N105°58′37″W / 37.2292°N 105.9770°W / 37.2292; -105.9770 [1]
Country United States of America
State State of Colorado
County Conejos County [2]
Government
 • Type unincorporated community
 • Body Conejos County [2]
Elevation
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7,645 ft (2,330 m)
Time zone UTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−06:00 (MDT)
GNIS pop ID 192987

Bountiful is an unincorporated community in Conejos County, in the U.S. state of Colorado. [3]

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The community is on the Colorado Pacific Rio Grande Railroad, between Romeo to the south and La Jara to the north. [4]

The name Bountiful most likely is Mormon in origin. [5] Bountiful never had a post office. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "XX, Colorado". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs . Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bountiful, Colorado
  4. ↑ Manassa, Colorado, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1967
  5. ↑ Dawson, John Frank (1954). Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 10.
  6. ↑ Bauer, William H.; Ozment, James L.; Willard, John H. (1990). Colorado Post Offices 1859–1989. Golden, Colorado: Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation. ISBN   0-918654-42-4.


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